Partnering with School/Family/Community at All Three Tiers, Part 2

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Partnering with School/Family/Community at All
Three Tiers, Part 2

• Kimberli Breen
• Technical Assistance Director
• IL-PBIS Network
• Lynn Owens
• PBIS External Coach
• Schaumburg School District 54
• Jennifer Phillips
• Social Worker
• Schaumburg School District 54

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Session Description

• Describe strategies to support school, family,
  community partnerships
• Provide real-life school, district state
  examples
• Introduce a self-assessment tool schools
  districts can use to help them action plan and
  improve their partnerships

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• Lynn Owens
• PBIS External Coach
• Schaumburg School District 54

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So your building is implementing PBIS.what do
your parents know??

• Getting the word out
• Parent Handbooks/ Manuals (building, district or
  PBIS)
• Newsletter (district, building, classroom or
  PBIS)
• Website
• Tri-fold pamphlets
• Postcards
• Magnets
• School/ Home Matrices
• PTA / PTO meetings
• Students

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Parent Manuals/Handbooks

• -What to include???
• Introduction Letter or statement to inform
  parents about PBIS and how it will affect their
  child in and out of the classroom
• Name and/or pictures of mascot or tickets
• 3-5 School Wide Expectations, Matrix, Cool
  Tools
• Introduction/overview of each tier being
  implemented in your building
• Example of School, Classroom, and/or Home Matrix
• Example of Classroom Managed and Office Managed
  Behavior Documentation Forms

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Newsletters
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Websites

• http//campanelli.sd54.org/pbis/
• http//link.sd54.org/pbis/

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Postcards
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School/ Home Matrices
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School/ Home Matrices
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School Matrix
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Home/Community Matrix
  The Night Before The Morning Of Walking Biking Walking Biking
Be Respectful - Follow the bed-time rules of your household - Say good-night to the members of your family/household - Say good morning to members of the family/household Wait for your crossing signal Following Crossing Guards directions - Walk bike across the street
Be Responsible - Pack your lunch - Lay out your clothes - Put on your pajamas - Set an alarm clock - Go to bed on time - Wake up on time - Pack your backpack with your lunch and your books - Leave your house on time   - Know your Route - Look to the left and right, then left again , and behind, before crossing the street - Know your crossing signals - Walk inside crosswalk     - Know your Route - Check your air, brakes and tires - Check your surroundings - Obey traffic - Look for cars
Be Safe - Take a shower/bath (if not in the morning) - Brush teeth - Eat a healthy breakfast - Brush your teeth - Take a shower or bath (if not the night before) - Dress appropriately for the weather   - Walk on the sidewalk - Walk on left side facing oncoming traffic - Walk across the street - Cross at the corner   - Wear a helmet that fits - Keep hands on handlebars - Ride on Right side of road    
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Strategies

• Parent Representation on Universal Teams
• Who would be ideal?
• PTA / PTO Members
• SLT (School Leadership Teams)
• Lunch mothers/ fathers who are not full-time
  staff members
• Parents whose children benefit or receive
  additional support through the three tiered
  system
• Naysayers or those parents who question the PBIS
  system as a whole

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Strategies Continued

• How do we recruit?
• Information posted in parent newsletters
• Pamphlets distributed during beginning of the
  year curriculum nights or open houses
• Open applications throughout the school year
• Teacher/ Parent Referral
• Student requests for a particular parent

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Strategies Continued

• How do we retain?
• Include parent team members in all trainings
• Inform parents of changes within the team and in
  the building and/or district
• Treat parent as you would any team member
• Listen to, consider and/or implement requests,
  suggestions and ideas
• Make sure the parent understands their role on
  the team
• Rotate parents on/off team as often as
  faculty/staff team members

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Training

• -How should we train parent team members??
• Parent team members should attend U600/New
  Universal Team Member Training during their first
  year on the team
• Any initial and ongoing trainings that the
  Universal team attends
• Parent Members should be invited when providing
  boosters for staff and students

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Experiences Parent Interviews

• How did they become members of the team???
• Members of team for at least 3 years (one parent
  serves on both an elementary and junior high
  team)
• Invited to join the team, because they worked
  and/or had children in the building
• Volunteered to join the team following an
  announcement during curriculum night
• Chose to join the team, because they felt that a
  positive behavior system was needed in their
  childs building

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Experiences Parent Interviews

• Previous knowledge, involvement, and current
  role
• No prior knowledge or experience with PBIS,
  except that it was positive and would replace
  their current behavior system
• Active on PTA (president and committee chair)
• SLT and other building teams
• Provide parent perspective to team and how PBIS
  can be reinforced at home
• Plan and facilitate assemblies, purchase student
  incentives, and staff shirts

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Perspectives Parent Interviews

• My children understand the expectations for both
  home and school- Dawn D.
• Initially informed parents of PBIS at PTA
  meetings, now I encourage parents in the
  community to become involved-Dominice E.
• The parent role is important and I want parents
  to increase their involvement. This helps carry
  over at home/community for students.- Dawn D.
• We do a good job with getting the word out to
  students and staff, but parents still need more
  information. The school added info about behavior
  in the newsletter which helps parents understand
  the needs. Dominice E.

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Advice to teams seeking to add parents(Parent
Interviews)

• Clarify the parents role on the team
• Find the right parents that will be a good fit
  (someone who can be objective and discreet with
  data, as well as give parents a voice on the
  team)
• Consider time of day for team meetings
• Keep communication open and easy to understand
  for all parents
• When seeking parents make sure that all parents
  are given opportunity

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Types Examples of Family/Community Data

• Outcome data
• of families/community participated in events
• Scores on satisfaction surveys
• of positive post-cards sent home
• of businesses with expectations posted
• Process data
• of surveys returned
• Listing of all programs/interventions that exist
  for family community at all 3 tiers

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Process Data is Used

• To determine if interventions are being used,
  being used consistently and being used with
  fidelity
• To monitor the effectiveness of the intervention
  itself (in aggregate, what of
  families/community members responded to the
  intervention)
• To make decisions regarding the continuum of
  interventions/supports (what to keep doing, stop
  doing, do more of)

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My son doesnt behave at schoolwhy would I
bring him back here at night?!

• Quote from a mother while participating in PBIS
  Statewide Family Networking Meeting
• What are you doing to SUPPORT FAMILIES
• in meaningful ways?

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Surveying for Partnerships
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What actions are being taken to increase
partnerships?Enhanced Phases of Implementation

• See hand-out

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Maximizing Your Session Participation
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Where are you in the implementation process?
Adapted from Fixsen Blase, 2005